Lheman [LMN]
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Lheman
Lheman is a fairly widespread language in the Northeast, and probably the closest to a lingua franca the region has. It is related to several smaller languages ranging up and down the coast.
Language family relationships
Language treeKheshkanic
⤷ Proto-Kheshkanic
⤷ Central Kheshkanic
⤷ Coastal Kheshkanic
⤷ Lhemic
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Lheman
⤷ Proto-Kheshkanic
⤷ Central Kheshkanic
⤷ Coastal Kheshkanic
⤷ Lhemic
⤷
Lheman[view] About KheshkanicMajor family of the Northeast, includes LMN .
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Dental | Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | ||||||||
| Nasal | m m: | n n: | [ɳ]1 [ɳ:]2 | [ŋ]3 [ŋ:]4 | [ɴ]5 [ɴ:]6 | |||||||||||
| Plosive | p p: | [b]7 | t t: | [d]8 | ʈ ʈ: | [ɖ]9 | k k: | [g]10 | q q: | [ɢ]11 | ||||||
| Fricative | θ θ: | [ð]12 | s s: | [z]13 | ʂ ʂ: | [ʐ]14 | x x: | [ɣ]15 | χ χ: | [ʁ]16 | ||||||
| Lateral approximant | l l: | |||||||||||||||
| Lateral fricative | ɬ ɬ: | [ɮ]17 | ||||||||||||||
| Approximant | [j]18 | [w]19 | ||||||||||||||
- allophone of /n/
- allophone of /n:/
- allophone of /n/
- allophone of /n:/
- allophone of /n/
- allophone of /n:/
- allophone of /p/
- allophone of /t/
- allophone of /ʈ/
- allophone of /k/
- allophone of /q/
- allophone of /θ/
- allophone of /s/
- allophone of /ʂ/
- allophone of /x/
- allophone of /χ/
- allophone of /ɬ/
- allophone of /e/
- allophone of /u/
| Vowels | Front | Back | ||
| Close | i | u | ||
| Close-mid | e | o | ||
| Near-open | æ | |||
| Open | ɑ | |||
| Polyphthongs | aɪ | eɪ | ɔɪ |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Lheman. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| LhemanOrthography | |||||||||||
| Ää/æ/ | Aa/ɑ/ | AI ai/aɪ/ | Ee/e/, [j] | EI ei/eɪ/ | Ii/i/, [j] | Kk/k/, [g] | KH kh/x/, [ɣ] | Ll/l/ | LH lh/ɬ/, [ɮ] | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/, [ŋ], [ɴ], [ɳ] |
| Oo/o/, [w] | OI oi/ɔɪ/ | Pp/p/, [b] | Qq/q/, [ɢ] | QH qh/χ/, [ʁ] | Rr/ʈ/, [ɖ] | RH rh/ʂ/, [ʐ] | Ss/s/, [z] | Tt/t/, [d] | TH th/θ/, [ð] | Uu/u/, [w] | |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order | |||||||||||
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